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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES*. 
FIRST ROOM. 
TERRACOTTAS. 
Over the door which fronts the entrance into this Room, is a bust of 
Charles Townley, Esq., to whose profound knowledge of ancient 
Sculpture, and zeal in the acquisition of the finest specimens of it, the 
nation is indebted for the formation of a considerable part of the splendid 
collection of Terracottas and Marbles contained in this Gallery. The 
bust was presented by his uncle, John Towneley, Esq. It is executed 
in marble by Nollekens. 
No. 1. A female statue, probably one of the Muses. PI. in. This 
No., with 38, 40, 76 and 79, were found, about the year 1765, in a dry 
well near the Porta Latina at Rome. 
No. 2. An Amphora, found in the Baths of Titus, in 1772. 
No. 3. A terminal head of the bearded Bacchus. PL xxxvii. 
f. 75; found with No. 75 at the Porta Latina. 
No. 4. A bas-relief, representing a combat between two Amazons 
and two Griffins. PI. iv. f. 4. 
No. 5. Ditto, representing the head of a Triton, on each side of 
which is a Cupid riding on a dolphin. PI. iv. f. 5. 
No. 6. Ditto, representing a group of Silenus and Cupid, before 
whom is a female Bacchante dancing, and playing on the tambourin. 
PI. v. 
No. 7. Ditto, representing an engagement between one of the Ari- 
maspi and a Griffin ; on the left of the combatants is the bust of an 
athletic figure, armed with a battle-axe. Pl._ vi. f. 7. 
No. 8. Ditto, intended by the artist as a companion to No. 7, and 
to be joined to it in the manner in which it is here seen. The subject 
in both pieces is precisely the same : the bust, however, in this piece is 
placed on the right of the combatants, and is armed with a sword and 
shield. Pl. vi. f. 8. 
No. 9. Repetition of No. 6. PL v. 
No. 10. A bas-relief, representing a head of Medusa, on each side 
of which is an eagle in the act of seizing with its talons, one of the snakes 
entwined in the locks of her hair. PL vn. f. 10. 
No. 11. Ditto, representing a couple of chimseras lapping water out 
of vessels held to them by two youths who are attired in Phrygian 
dresses, and are each kneeling on one knee. PL vn. fill. 
No. 12. Ditto, representing a female, overwhelmed with affliction. 
She is seated, and is resting her head upon her right arm, while her at¬ 
tendants, from the concern visible in their countenances, appear to par¬ 
ticipate in her sorrow. This bas-relief probably represents Penelope 
dejected at the departure of Ulysses. PL vm. f. 12. 
No. 13. Ditto, imperfect, representing a fragment of Medusa’s head, 
on one side of which is a figure of Minerva. PL vm. f. 13. 
No. 14. Ditto, representing the bearded Bacchus, and a female at- 
* All the articles in the following catalogue of antiquities, unless where it is 
otherwise specified, belonged to the collection of the late Charles Townley, Esq. 
More ample descriptions, with Plates, of the antiquities contained in the British 
Museum, are in the course of publication; and references to the several parts al¬ 
ready published are affixed to those articles which have been therein engraved. 
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